text_original: The Margrave of Friuli defended the eastern frontiers of Italy, and the province of Istria was also a kind of March on the eastern frontier of the Frankish kingdom. Along the Danube the Ostmark, ruled by two mar  graves, kept back the flood of Slavonic invasion from Bavaria, and farther north, in Bohemia, the P^mpire had driven a wedge of conquest into the Eastern LAW AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE EMPIRE 187 Slavonic world.
text_transcription: THE MAR GRAVE OF FRIULI DEFENDED THE EASTERN FRONTIERS OF ITALY AND THE PROVINCE OF EASTRIA WAS ALSO A KIND OF MARCH ON THE EASTERN FRONTIER OF THE FRANKISH KINGDOM ALONG THE DANUBE THE OATH MARK RULED BY TWO MARGRAVES KEPT BACK THE FLOOD OF SLAVONIC INVASION FROM BAVARIA AND FARTHER NORTH IN BOHEMIA THE EMPIRE HAD DRIVEN A WEDGE OF CONQUEST INTO THE SLAVONIC WORLD
phonemes: ðə mˈɑːɹɡɹeɪv ʌv fɹˈɪjʊlˌaɪ dᵻfˈɛndᵻd ðɪ ˈiːstɚn fɹʌntˈɪɹz ʌv ˈɪɾəli, ænd ðə pɹˈɑːvɪns ʌv ˈɪstɹiə wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐ kˈaɪnd ʌv mˈɑːɹtʃ ɔnðɪ ˈiːstɚn fɹʌntˈɪɹ ʌvðə fɹˈæŋkɪʃ kˈɪŋdəm. ɐlˈɔŋ ðə dˈænuːb ðɪ ˈɑːstmɑːɹk, ɹˈuːld baɪ tˈuː mˈɑːɹ ɡɹˈeɪvz, kˈɛpt bˈæk ðə flˈʌd ʌv slævˈɑːnɪk ɪnvˈeɪʒən fɹʌm bɐvˈɛɹiə, ænd fˈɑːɹðɚ nˈɔːɹθ, ɪn boʊhˈiːmiə, ðə pˈiː ˈɛmpˈaɪɚ hæd dɹˈɪvən ɐ wˈɛdʒ ʌv kˈɑːŋkwɛst ˌɪntʊ ðɪ ˈiːstɚn ˌɛlˌeɪdˈʌbəljˌuː ænd ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən ɪnðɪ ˈɛmpaɪɚ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən slævˈɑːnɪk wˈɜːld.